My little sister ________watch TV until she finishes her homework.
A.could
B.couldn't
C.can
D.can't
A.could
B.couldn't
C.can
D.can't
A.labels
B.is labeled
C.labeling
D.is to be labeled
A.My hair has been done
B.My sister did it for me at home
C.My hair is on my head
D.Yes, I have hairs
A.I'm OK.
B.This is Micheal speakin
C.Glad to meet you.
D.Fine, thanks.
A.Well, I don't like birthday parties
B.Sorry, but my wife had a little accident
C.Fine, I never go to birthday parties
D.Excuse me, my friend sent me a flower
Living in a foreign country and going to school with people from various parts of the world has given me the opportunity to encounter and interact with people from different cultures.I would like to share some of my experiences and thoughts with you.When I first arrived.I knew no one and I needed all fingers to communicate what i said in English.All of the foreign students were in the same situation.When we could not find the right word we used strange movements and gestures to communicate our meaning.
Knowing some common phrases.such as How are you? Fine.thank you.and what country are you from?was enough in the beginning for us to make friends with each other.The TV room in the dormitory became our meeting place every evening after dinner.but for the most part their words were just a strange mumble to us.
After a while, bored and a little sad, we slowly began to disappear to our rooms.I thought that all of us were experiencing some homesickness.However, despite my loneliness.I had a good feeling within myself because I was doing what I wanted to do for many years to live and study in a foreign country.
1.When I first arrived in the U.S().
A.I can speak English well
B.I have already had some friends there
C.I needed all my fingers to communicate in English
D.I could find the right word in speaking English
2.Why did we slowly begin to disappear to our room?()
A.Because we wanted to watched to watch television
B.Because we were bored and a little sad
C.Because we were experiencing homesickness
D.Because the TV room has become our meeting place
3.What is the thing I wanted to do for many years? ()
A.To live and study in a foreign country
B.I had a good feeling within myself
C.To understand what the people appearing on the screen said
D.Not to be lovely
4.Which of the following sentence is wrong according to the passage?()
A.Studying in US is one of the best experiences I have ever had in my lifetime
B.I have learned more about foreign cultures than l expected
C.Some common phrases were enough in the beginning for us to make friends
D.Not all the foreign students were in the same situation
5.What is the author's attitude towards studying in a foreign country?()
A.He considered it a good experience
B.He dislike this experience
C.He didn't think it hard living in a foreign country
D.He felt sad when thinking of it
“We didn’t stay at bed and breakfast houses,” they said, “because we found that most families were away on holiday.”
I thought this was strange. Finally I understood what had happened. My friends spoke little English, and they thought ‘VACANCIES’ meant ‘holidays’, because the Spanish word for ‘holidays” is ‘vacations’. So they did not go to house where the sign outside said ‘VACANCIES’, which in English means there are free rooms. Then my friends went to house where the sign said ‘NO VACANCIES’, because they thought this meant the people who owned the house were not away on holiday. But they found that these houses were all full. As a result, they stayed at hotels!
We laughed about this and about mistakes my friends made in reading other signs. In Spanish, the word ‘DIVERSION’ means fun. In English, it means that workmen are repairing the road, and that you must take a different road. When my friends saw the word ‘DIVERSION’ on a road sign, they thought they were going to have fun. Instead, the road ended in a large hold.
English people have problems too when they learn foreign languages. Once in Paris. when someone offered me some more coffee, I said ‘Thank you’ in French. I meant that I would like some more, However , to my surprise the coffee pot was taken away! Later I found out that ‘Thank you’ in French means ‘No, thank you.’
11. My Spanish friends wanted advice about ______.
A. learning English
B. finding places to stay in England
C. driving their car on English roads
D. going to England by car
12. I suggested that they stay at bed and breakfast houses because ______.
A. they would be able to practise their English
B. it would be much cheaper than staying in hotels
C. it would be convenient for them to have dinner
D. there would be no problem about finding accommodation there
13. “NO VACANCIES” in English means ______.
A. no free rooms
B. free rooms
C. not away on holiday
D. holidays
14. If you see a road sign that says ‘Diversion’, you will ______.
A. fall into a hole
B. have a lot of fun and enjoy yourself
C. find that the road is blocked by crowds of people
D. have to take a different road
15. When someone offered me more coffee and I said ‘Thank you’ in French, I ______.
A didn’t really want any more coffee
B. wanted them to take the coffee pot away
C. really wanted some more coffee
D. wanted to express my politeness
A.his sister did so
B.so his sister did
C.did his sister so
D.so did his sister
A.compounding
B.derivation
C.conversion
D.acronym